Seine-boat



H. B. JOYCE.

(No Model.)

SHINE BOAT.

Patented Nov. 20. 1888.

NITED STATES HANSON B. JOYCE, OF EVERETT, MASSACHUSETTS.

SElNE-BOAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 393,158, dated November20, 1888.

Application filed June 20, 1888. Serial No. 277,674. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, Hanson B. J OYOE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Everett, in the county of Middlesex and State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSeine or Fishing Boats; and I do declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification.

- Figure l is a top view of a fishing-boat provided with myimprovements, the figure representing the seine as in the act of beingset or run out of the boat. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation of thesaid boat, the pursinglines of the seine being shown as in the act ofbeing wound on the winches for the purpose of closing in the bottom ofthe seine.

My improvements consist in providing a seine or fishing boat with asteam-engine, for the purpose of propelling the boat with greater speedwhile setting the seine than has been attained by the means heretoforeemployed, and also for the purpose of facilitat ing the pursing ordrawing in of the seine, which can be accomplished in much less time andwith less labor by attaching the pursinglines to winchesoperated by thesaid engine than by means of manual power, as heretofore, whereby I amenabled to capture a much greater quantity or a larger number of fishesat each setting of the net.

In the drawings, A denotes the hull of the boat within a room, 13, inwhich is arranged an ordinary compound steam-engine, O, of the kind usedin steam-launches or other boats of a similar character.

D is theboiler, and E the smoke-pipe thereof. The driving-shaft of theengine is shown at F, it having secured to one end of it a winch, G, andto its other end another, G, the latter being splined to the said shaftso as to revolve with it and admit of being moved lengthwise thereon toclutch the driving-shaft to the propellershaft H, arranged and supportedin suitable bearings, I, as represented. Secured to the boat arestandards K, to which are connected guide or purse blocks L or L,partially around sheaves, in which the pursing-lines a a of the seinepass to and are attached to the winches G G, as shown.

On the top of the boat and near its after part is arranged a supporter,M, in standards I) erected, at each end of which is pivoted a long roll,N, over and upon which the seine passes while being run out of the boatduring the setting of the said seine. The supporter M is pivoted nearone end to the boat, and the other end of it is connected to the boat bya line, so that the angle of the supporter,or the axis of its roll Nwith the longitudinal axis of the boat, may be varied at pleasure tofacilitate the passage of the seine out of the boat while being set.After the seine has been set in the usual manner, except that the boathas been moved over its course by means of the propeller revolved by theengine, and in much less time than has heretofore been required to dothe same by means of oars, both ends of the pursing-line of the seineare to be passed over the sheaves in the purse-blocks, one end of saidline being carried partially around the sheave in the-block L andattached to the winch G, and the other end of it carried partiallyaround the sheave of the block L and attached to the winch G. The latterwinch, before the commencement of the operation ofpursing the seine, istobe unclutched from the propellershaft. The boat having been anchored,the engine can now be put in rapid movement and the seine drawn in orpursed at the bottom thereof in the quickest possible time.

The improvements hereinbefore described facilitate in a large degree thesetting and pursing of the seine and conduce to the saving of much time,labor, and expense.

Having described my improvements,what I claim is 1. The combination,with a seine or fishing boat, of a steam-engine and boiler-and propellerand its shaft, the driving-shaft of the engine being provided withwinches, as described, one of said winches being adapted to slide onthe'driving-shaft to enable the clutching of the same to or theunclutching of it from the propeller-shaft for the purpose described,the boat also being provided with guide or purse blocks L L, as shown.

2. A seine or fishing bent, in combination I In testimony whereofIafllx'. my signatnrein with a roll-supporter, M, pivoted at one end topresence of two witnesses. the boat, a roll secured to the supporter M,

lengthwise thereof, and a line secured to the HANSON B. JOYCE. 5=freeend of the supporter and t0 the boat, \Vitnesses:

whereby the angle of the supporter may be S. N. PIPER,

varied in a horizontal plane, as set forth.

(3. F. DANIELs.

